overwrought
overwrought [ OH-ver-RAWT, oh-ver- ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. extremely nervous or excited 2. extremely fatigued or over-worked 3. very elaborate USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The overwrought employee fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Where Coldplay once showcased frontman Chris Martin's straight-ahead sensitive-guy-with-a-broken- heart lyrics and his fragile and overwrought falsetto, the 31-year-old tabloid fave is writing more obliquely here about death and God, love and war, loss and fulfillment.